1. ¡ Buenos dias! Hoy es el 19 de agosto. Trabajo del timbre: 1.Ponen la tarea en la cesta - syllabus signature sheet. 2. Escriben una lista de despedidas en español que ya saben en una hoja de papel. (Write a list of farewells in Spanish that you already know on a sheet of paper.) Chiste del día Joke of the day Learning IntentionsSuccess Criteria Were learning to… hold a basic conversation, greeting someone, communicating our names in one of three different ways, and saying goodbye. understand how cognates help us expand our vocabulary how to pronounce the letters of the Spanish alphabet. Well know were successful when we can … hold at least five full conversations in pure Spanish during the Charla, Charla, Charla investigate different words that are cognates and recognize their patterns correctly say each letter of the Spanish alphabet

2. DO NOT PANIC!!!!!!! Learning the Spanish language can be easy. Can you think of a few reasons why? Here are a few of the reasons I thought of:

3. .. You most likely have already had some experience! You know more than you may be giving yourself credit!You most likely have already had some experience! You know more than you may be giving yourself credit! The Spanish language is FILLED with beautiful words called cognates !The Spanish language is FILLED with beautiful words called cognates ! Cognates are words that have similar meanings in two or more languages due to their common descent.Cognates are words that have similar meanings in two or more languages due to their common descent. These words are your friends, amigos, compadres. These words are your friends, amigos, compadres.

4. Lets take a trip back in the day, to roughly 3,000 years ago. What is the language that influenced ALL European languages? …and, perhaps, the second most influential language? English and Spanish languages have borrowed THOUSANDS of similar words.

6. Learning language patterns helps build meaning. We have three examples from todays investigation: Pattern #1: Words that end in –or stay -or Pattern #2: Words that end in –al stay -al Pattern #3:English words that end in –tion usually have a Spanish equivalent that ends in –ción.